Printing-machine.



A. H. RAY.

PRINTING MACHINE.

MVLICATION FILED IAN. 1. ms.

1 ,288, 19 1 Patented Dec. 17, 19.18.

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A. H. RAY.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-7.19M.

1,288,191, Patented'Dec. 17,1918.

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v PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION men IAN. 7. I916.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

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ALBERT: H. BAY, OF :Asn'LAnm MASSACHUSETTS.

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1. -288;191 I Specification of Letters'Patent:

' Be it known that I, ,ALBERT Ashland, in the county of. Middlesex and State, 'of. Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Printing: Machines, pf

which the following description, in connec-v tion with the accompanying drawings,,is;a

specification; like characters on the drawings representing like parts,

I Thislinvention relates tofa printing rn'achlne of the-charactershown]. and described inU. S. PatentNo.1,10%,829'granted to'lne July 28, 1914. in Which acontinuous strip or Web of paperor like material is intermittently 7 fed between cooperating. printing members, one ofwhichis reciprocated With 1"elation to the other. I

The invention has for its object vto provide a superior machine of r the character describedQand one in Which printers ink be. supplied tojthe type, whereby, asuperlor printing efiect maybe-obtained With. ma-v chines of the characterspecified.

To this endthe machine is provided With means, as Will be described, for enabling the reciprocating printing member to remain stationary ingit-s ithdrawn or inoperative position for a substantiallength oft1me,;to

.,.p,ermit an inking f device to be. moved :over andinto; contact. With the type.

Provision is also made forgobtaining an -even. jdistribution of "the ink on. the inking device, as will be described.

,nThevmachine is further provided with a .novel mechanism for feeding the paperstrip or -Web, and .withm eans for severing the printedsectionifromthe continuous" Web to form a printed tag or label.

,Provisien is also made for counting the number of tag's or labels prlnted on the ma} .Fig. 3,. a detail in plan of the lever for operating the reciprocating printing member.

. .H-JBA-Y,,.a citizen of iller/United States, residing 1 in "Fig. 4, a longitudinal sectionofithe n achine, taken on the line igl 1;

a sect1on ofthe feed mechanism' Fig. 5, with the latter in its inoperative position.

Fig. 6, rear side elevation of the mw chine shown in Fig. 1. I

F1g2'7, across section on. the line -i'Y T,

. -Q .i v ie tbfnt redemp nig prlntingr member. V

F ar951 det in phng pdrtienefith+ feed'niechanism andj v I Fig. 10, a detail in plan ofa portionjof the paper web or strip.v

.gReferring to; [the drawings, a representsga continuous str p or-Web ofpaperor like ma- 1 teria l, which is preferably taken from; a 5011 o and intermittently fed betw-een a printing couple. by which has .pri1ited; upon it desired characters accor'dingto the. particular use to which 'therlabel ,-or;,tag is tobeput,

e se t 0 h -We fi m th .Q ltim -OH or unprinted strip or Web.

The pri nti e2i couple comprises.a stationary member IO-and fa movable member 12 I Patented D ec. 17, f f

wvhich latter isformed by severing a print- (see ,Fig'. 1) which isreciprocate'd With'.re-,

lation to the stationary. member.

: .1Inthefinachine'herein shoWn, the reciprocat ng, printing member 12 s'movable infla vertical plane toward and from the stationary member 10, Whi0h. latter is suitably supported, upon across bar;l3, of the base portion lei-of the -framework of. the machine, and, is preferably provided on its upper-stir face' with a pad 1501f yielding material.

- .The' reciprocating[printing member 12, may be of any suitable con truction and comprisesas herein shown a chase '16 for the type 17, the said chase beinsz d-etachably secured to the head or lovver end of aplun ,q'er 18. Which is-movable in a stationarv cyl- ,inder. 19 suitably attached to upriglts "20. 21.

erected upon the base lifland forming part of the framework of 1 the machine. lrovision is made for reciprocating.theplun- I ger 18, so that litmay hav-e a lo'igst'roke and [enable it to beseparated a sub7tantialdistance from thelstatiqnary nem benrfor a purpose as Will be described. .and al o to enable the plunger to -remain stationary in its elevated or withdrawn position for a sub-' stantial length of time, for 'apurposeas win he described; l V V c I To this end, the plunger is iconnected I by a link orrrod' 22 to the long 'arm'of a;v v

-cam. shaft 28* the endless carrier will be lever 23 extended through the upright 20 hearings; in the upright'sl20,*21. The "path cam 2 6-has extended into it a roller 29,

which in the present instance is attached to a bar-or block 30 which slides in a guide 31 attachedfto the; upright $20. The sliding bar or bloc'k 3O isjconnected with the short arm of the lever 23 by links'32. e

j By means of theolever 23,the movement or stroke of the plunger '18 is lengthened,

1 so'that. the type 17 are separated fromthe stationary printing membei lQ a, suificient distance to permit; ofthe: passage between the printing inembersof a vdevice for inking the type, which. device is preferably a roller'34a of substantial size, andvthe path cam 26' is suitably shaped to hold the type carryingniember 12'stationa'ry inits withdrawn position a substantially flong time, that is, a sufiicientlength of time to enable the inking roller tobepassed under Vandin contact with the type, to supply the latter with regular printers ink. The path cam,

26 and lever 23 alsoserveto force the type against the paper with increased power and i V therebybbtain a; superior printing 'eflect uponthe paper. ,[It is preferre dfto emp'loyja plurality of the hiking rollers 34;, and in the present instance, I have shown {three such rollers, which are detachablyfsecuredto an endless carrier, herein shown-as twoparallel link chains 36, which are 7 passed about sprocket wheels 37 on the cam shaft 128' andfabout path of movement I 'stantially horizontal plane, so thatlthe endless Icarrier haslimparted to it a substantiallvtriangular form withjthebase of the triangle below the level of the reciprocating printing member 12 whenthe latter is in its elevated or. inoperative position shown in Fi 4;. As a result. the inking roller34t is moved in a substantially horizontal path on 1 its passage beneath the reciprocating printin pp ii-e assented sprocket wheels 38; 39, on shafts 40', 41,1 ournaled in the uprights 20, 21,,near the lower i end of the same and onopposite sides of the v I of th ef-reciprocating hrinting member." j 1 y a -[said m ber, a s y apnl estheinkto printing member 12, and to this end, a plu-, rality of inking rollers '34: are employed, [herein shown as three in number, Which are arranged equi-dis'tant apart on the I endless carrier, so that at each revolution of the moved a'suflicient distance in its travel to v-c'ngage'theundersideof the same substair tially 'inthe longitudinalcenter of thereciprocating printing member (see'F g. Provision is also inade for insuring that the {ink be evenly. applied to all the type, by

providing for an even distribution of the 1 ink'on the circumference of the inking roller. I This result is accomplishedin the present instance, by means of a distributing device in ,jthe form of a disk 50 (see Fig. 2), which is "pivoted at51 to a support, herein shown as 'a sheet metal strip 52,- which bentto fit over upon and be supported by the bearings forthe cam shaft 28 (see Fig. 4).

The disk :50 is of a diameter substantially equal'tothe length of the inking rollers 34, i

I andfisprovided on its circumference with teeth 53, which are designed to be engaged by a series of pawls, lugs'or projections 55, one for each' inking roller34, which pawls are attached to one of the link chains 36 and are located'on said chain to engage a tooth on'the disk 50fand rotate the latter While, an inking roller 34 is disengaged from s'aidldisk, i

' The rotation of the. disk causes any' surplus of ink atone end or part of the roller to be distributed throughout the length of 'said roller, thus obtaining an even coating of ink on the roller; 7

(type is insured, :with the resultthat uni- Tifor-mity'in color on the web aisobtained;

Provision is made for feedingthe web or strip a to the printing mechanism, and to this end there is provided anOvelfeed mechfani'sin which has provision for engaging the "paper .web at a plurality ofpoints between the side edges of said web; The feed mechanism herein shown consists essentially. of a plate 60 :(see Figs. 4, 5, 7 and '9), having a fplurjality of pins'or projectionsfil, which in; member '12, and m akes contact, with the w type, carried are arranged in row leng hwise of the-plate near the oppos te sidesofthe same. and are resdan rta lfl tai isubst n ly; i togthe' Widthof a section of the web -which In this mannerxa superiorinking of the .rgasami designed toienter; holes or openings 62 in'tl-le web betweenthje sections to be printed upon,

said sections being markedv63 in F ig.;10.

I i The plate is supportedupon a carriage, herein shown as a frame composed of side bars 64- connectediby cross endbars 65 and a center bar166.-(.see.Figs. 9 and-.10); The side bars .61ware movable in guidewaysm67 inhtheopp osite sidewalls of the base 1 The central bar 66 is providedwithla lug or ear .68 to which oneiiendofaconnecting rod 69 is? pivoted, theother end ofsai'drod hom pn-otall connected to a orank pm 7 0 on a disk; 71, which his: fast: on .a' cshaf-ft" 72 supported I by "the base .14 and :rotated :as will be described, so as .toreeiprocatelthe ..c'arriagc:with relation to the printing; mechanism.

' On the forwardstroke ofthe feed 'arri'age towardthe printing mechanism, the pins-"61 are extendedintoi theholes162'in the" web a,

so as to carry. the lattertoward the printing mechanism a distance substantially equal to the widths of one sectioni 63 'ofithe: web;

' To enter the pins 61in .thezholes 62 the plate 160 is raised from. itslowered position shown in Fig. 5 linto'that shown in Fig. 7

and this movementcofrthe; plate :60 is effected as herein shown bya cam 78 on a shaft 743 which is rotated as willlbe described.

The cam 73 acts On'a' barr75 having at its opposite cends posts or rods '76; which are movable in hollow bosses 77 on the-under side of the'centerbar 66 of the carriage, said posts having the'plate60vsecured to their upper ends as by'sorews'78'.

The cam 7 3 is suitably shaped-and timed so as to raise the plate 60 when the feed .icarriage64, 65, isat thelend ofits stroke away from the} printing. XmeGhanism, and thereby raise the pins or projections 61 into the holes 62 intheweh Li and to 'keeps'aid pins or projections said holes while the shaft/72 is making athalf turn in the direction indicated by the arrow 7'9, Fig. 1,. thereby causing thepaper web tobe fed between the printingniembers and into position to be printed upon. :At or near the end of the forward movement'or stroke of the carriage 6 1. 65, the cam 73 allows the plate '60 to drop by gravity assisted by a spring 80, so as to withdraw the feed pins 6lqfroni the holes 62 in the .web, and when' the feedflpins have been Withdrawn. the carrinoj n'gv g-rl backward or away from the'prmtlng mechan'ism and the pins 61- are properly positioned below and in line with-anew set of holes 62in the web. The shafts 72; 7411 12,} be driven from: the cam shaft 28' by a link 'chain82 (see Fig. 6), which engages :a

sprocket wheel 83 on the shaft'28', asprocket wheel 84 on the "shaft 72 and asproc-ket wheel 85 onthe-shaft 74. 7

The web or .estrip a is guided oir its": forward. movement by a guide plate86 support:

led by' thexbase 14, and provided with a chanfneled or depressed portion 87 (see Fig. 7'),

which is of a width substantiallyequal to thewidthof the web a; and the latter is retained in saiddepressed portionby a cover 88 which is hinged at 89 to. one 'sideof' the The printed section- 63' of theweb may-be severed fromv the" continuous or unprinted portion of said web, by a cutting mechanism,

a which comprises asherein shown twosta- .tionary: cutterf bars 90; 9'1, s'pae'e'd apartand secured to the base 14 (see I Fig. 4:) ,and a movable cutter 92 which is arranged to pass down; between; the stationary cutter bars:

The movablecutterisshown as a blade onbar attached to a lever: 93-,'w-hich is pi-voted at 94 (see Fig. 2 and has'i s short arm 95 connected by a link-96' (see Fig.6),

briefly described" as" follows-:*

' The continuous stripor web a ofpaper provided with the spaced holes" or openings 62', i-s taken" from'the-r'oll b; andplacedin the channel 87 of tIie guidepIate- S6, so that some of the holes 62tregister with the feed pins 61 when the latter are elevated. After the paper: web has been properly positioned as described; the shaft'QS'is rotated, which may and preferably will be effected by the operator, turning a suitable crank or handle 101, attached to the shaft 28 (see'Fig'. I).

The shaft 2-8 constitutes the -main of driving? shaft forrthe rnachine; and at ea'ch'rotation", the web a is fed forward betweenthe printing. members and into position to have a section 63-of the web printed upon by the type 17.-- After the paper .web-has'been fed forward as described; it remains stationary while the printing is being performed, which latter is effected by the type-carrying plunger 18- being moved downwardly bythe lever23under the influence of the-path cam 26;.- After a section 63 has been printed 1 upon, the plunger is elevated, and one of the inking rollers is carried between the printing members by the endless carrier and is engaged with the typeto ink the same. The web is then-fed forward and aniunprinted section i's-brought into position to beprinted, and theprinte'dseotion is fed between the stationary and 'fnoyable' cutters, and on the next-{printing stroke of the plunger 18, the

45 j ring: printing 'mernbers, a." rotatable shaft, 7 means actuated by said rotatableshaft for movable Lnif' 92is' engaged with the portio'n 10 carrier is moved in'the direction ofthe'ar row 103 in; Fig. 4,: ea'ohinkingroller is en- I gaged with the'distribu-tingdisk 50, which is rotated mofre -or less 'as'--'defscribed so as to v distribute the ink evenlylioverx'the rollera Theink'may be" applied to" the roller by the v i mounted'on said shaftand having a path 990i the web between'the printedsection and-the one being printed upomTand-said portion is severed fromithe continuous strip and from-the printed section, thereby leaving the latterfree from holes and in a' H V i v :ing device with vwhich said-inking device ished condition:

The printed sectionforms a label :orta g 'and'may"drop onto the bench or intoa suit able receptacle not shown: *As-the endless 'operatorafter thesaid roller has" passed from engagementwith the j'typ'e. and before it reaches thejdistributer, 1 V

Itlmay be preferred to count the number of labels or: tagsprinted the machine,

' and'to this-end the base 14 has secured to it a counting device' 'lO i o f k'nown 'construc tion, which is oper'atively connected bya" flexible shaft 105 with the cam shaft 74' of the feed mechanism, so that, each revolution of the cam shaft 74}will be indicated by the counting device.

- Inthe present instancefthe counting der viceis shown as provided with a' rotatable fp'ointer 106; movable over a dial 107 ,pro- 'vided with graduations indicative of one" hundred revolutions of the'cam shaft 74:. a V It-will be observed that th e endlessfcaie r-ier: for the ink rollers is continuously op erated 'while'; the -.reciprocat ingr printing member is intermittently operated and that both are operated froin thesame sha-ft.

" herein shown.

' I have'herein shown one embo'diment' of the invention; but it is no-tdesired tolimit the invention particular construction Claims:

' 1', In amachine of the character described,

in combination, a printing mechanism hav- Y intermittently wreciproc'ating "one'of said 7 printing fmem'ber's: f tir fapplying *toESa'id' reciprocating;member, an endlessicarrgierfor J saidinking device, means for intermittently a printing members and for holding it sta- 'tionary for a substantial length r of time in its withdrawn "position, a device I'no'vable rocat ng member. 1 r 5 2.-Inafmach1n e of the character' de'- scribed; in; comb natlon, "a printing mecha nism 'having 'members, oneof which is re-' ciprocated, a"-devic'e movable between l'said tial length of time in its Withdrawn position,

means' for moving said endless carrier continuously in a'fixed path independently of the reciprocatingmember, an ink distributmakescontatct in itstravel, and means carried by. sai endless carrier for moving said- Jdis tributing' device? v v 1" 3. "-In'a-machineiof the character described,

in combination, aiprinting mechanism hav- 'ing a l'reciprocating member; a lever to cam inone ofrits faces, and a projection on said; sliding. blocfk extended into a said path 4; In aunachind of the character described, in 'combination, a frame, a printing mechanism having members 1 supported by said frame, means for reciprocating one of said members a and for Holding it stationary .fora substantial length of time in its withdrawn position, an inkingdevice movable between] said printingmembers, a continuously movableendless carrier for said inking device mount ed'on said frame to move in fixed path I independently of said re- "ciprocating printing member, a feed mechanismfor feeding a web between said print- J ing members, and an actuating device com- ,mon to said endless carrier, feed mechanism and the reciprocating-member of said printing mechanism. 7

- 5. In av machine, of the character -defscribed,;in combination, afframe, a printing mechanism having members, supported by said frame, means for. recIprocatmg-one of i said members'and for holding it stationary 'fbi' asubstantial length 'of timein' its with drawn position, an inking device movable between said printing members,an endless carrier for said inking device mounted on pendently of said J reciprocating p1 inting -me mber,' an ink distributing device with which the inking device cooperates, and means engaging the external surface of the endless carrier for insuring eificient'contact of the inkingldevice wlth saidreciprocating printing member.

1 i a machine of the characteridejscribed, in: combination, a printing mechanism havingmembers, one. of which" is reciprocated, a 7 device 'imovable between said printingm'embers 'for' applying ink to the "reciprocating member, an endless carrier for said hiking,"rilevice, a reciprocatingieed imechanism having a; member 'movable sub-f stantially at ligl l't-itlilg les tt') its path of reciprocation to' engagea; web and feed it to V the pr nting mechanism, a cam shaft pro- 'said'frame to move in a fixed path inde a i 7 I p I V I i v V r vlded with a cam to move saidmember of the feed mechanism, a rotatable counter shaft to which said feed mechanism is connected to be reciprocated by rotation thereof, a rotatable shaft for driving saidendless carrier, and means for operatively connecting said cam shaft and said counter shaft with the driving shaft for said endless carrier. 7. In a machine of the character described, in comblnatlon, a printing mechanism having a reciprocating member, mecha nism for feeding a Web or strip to said printing mechanism hile the reciprocating printing member is inits Withdrawn position, a cutting mechanism having a movable cutter to sever theprinted portion of the Web from the unprinted portion thereof, a

rotatable cam to effect reciprocationof said reciprocating member and to hold it stationary for a substantial length of time in its ithdrawn position, and means for operatively connecting said cam With said reciprocating member and with said movable cutter to cause said cam to operate said reciprocatmg member and movable cutter in unison.

8; In a machine of I the character de- Oopie: of am patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing Washington, D. O.

scribed, in combination, a printing mechanism having cooperating printing members, I

one of which. is 'reciprocated with relation to the other, an inking device movable betWeensaid printing members, an endless carrier for said inking device,a cam shaft provided with a path cam, a lever actuated by said path cam and connected With said reciprocating member, and means actuated by device movable between said printing members, an endless carrier for said inking device, means for continuously moving said endless carrier in a fixed path independently of the reciprocating member, and means engaging the external surface of the endless carrier for taking up the slack therein.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification. v i

ALBERT H. RAY.

the "Commissioner of Patentl. 

